Pro Tour-Chicago 1999Round 1 Feature Match

Raphael Levy vs. Jakub Slemr

Raphael Levy

Jakub Slemr

Game 1

Slemr got a quick start by playing a turn 2 Tinker for a Phyrexian Processor, paying ten life for the ability to make 10/10 creatures, while Levy played out a Bird of Paradise and a Survival of the Fittest. Slemr then made a token with City of Traitors tricks while Levy survivaled for Squee, then for an Uktabi Orangutan to kill the processor.

The 10/10 Processor Beast then ate the monkey, and Slemr followed it up with
two Mana Vaults and a Phyrexian Colossus.

Levy then started to abuse Squee by going to get a Peacekeeper, eventually
getting a second Squee, then a Gilded Drake. Levy Arcane Denialed Slemr's
Masticore, then a turn later, stopped a crumbling sanctuary with 2 Arcane
Denials to one. With Levy up 19 to 5 life due to the processor, Mana Vault and
mana burn damage, with the Colussus impending, Slemr conceded.

LEVY 1 - SLEMR 0

Game 2

Slemr got a quick start with a Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, Phyrxian Furnace,
and Thran Dynamo in the first 2 turns while Levy played a couple nonbasic
lands and a Wall of Roots. Slemr then tossed down a turn 3 Back to Basics
as Levy tries to run on Undiscovered Paradise and creature mana,
playing a Quirion Ranger. Slemr brought out a Masticore until Levy had enough
mana to Survival for a Gilded Drake, then let the Masticore drop. While
Levy choked on his mana, Slemr pushed through a tinker through an Arcane
Denial, then dropped a Phyrexian Colossus for 11, and a Masticore. Levy
Conceded.

LEVY 1 - SLEMR 1

Game 3

Levy started with a Llanowar Elves and land as Slemr played a Turn 2 Mana Vault
and sat. Levy Vampiric Tutored, then played a Null Rod on his third turn,
with Slemr's Mana Leak being Force of Willed. When Levy played a Devout
Witness on turn 4, Slemr conceded.